Windmill water-elevator



(No Model.)

h J. M. HASTING.

Windmill Water Elevator. No. 237,527. Patented Feb. 8, I881.

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WITNESEBS N. PETERS, PHOTO L THOGRAPHE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. HASTING, OF OSKALOOSA, KANSAS.

WINDM LL WATER-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,527, dated February 8, 1881. Application filed December 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN llLI-IASTING, of Oskaloosa, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Windmill VVater-Eleva tors, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the weight-bucket.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish windmill water-elevators so constructed that the water -elevators will be automatically stopped and started to keep the receivingtrough always supplied with water.

The invention consists in the combination, with the trip-rod for throwing the wind-wheel out of the wind, of a tilting water-trough and a valved bucket suspended on the trip-rod, substantially as hereinafter described,whereby the wind-wheel will be alternately thrown into or out of operation, according as the trough becomes empty or filled with water.

Arepresents the pump, and B the pumprod, which is connected with and operated by a windmill, O, of any of the ordinary constructions. I

0 represents the trip-rod, by means of which the wind-wheel P can be thrown out of the wind in the ordinary manner.

D is a spout leading from the pump-nozzle E to the water-receiving trough F. The trough F is pivoted at or near its center to a fulcrumblock, Gr, so that the said trough can tilt or rock longitudinally. The tilting of the trough F is limited by stop-blocks H I, placed beneath its ends, and whichmay be supplied with guide-pins passing into slots in the ends of the trough F, to keep the said trough in place. The end of the trough F next the pump A is made deeper than the other end, to contain more water, so that when the trough is filled the said inner end will be forced downward by the weight of the water. The outer end of the trough F is made with a thicker bottom, or is otherwise weighted, so that when the trough is emptied the said outer end will be forced downward by its weight.

To thelower end of the trip-rod (J is attached a bucket, J, of such a size that when filled wind-wheel P out of the wind.

with water its weight will drawdown the trip cord or rod 6 with sufficient force to throw the The bucket J has an aperture or opening in its bottom,which is closed by a valve, K, the upper part of which rises above the top of the bucketJ and is slotted longitudinally to receive the end of an arm, L, the other end of which is rigidly attached to the inner end of the trough F, so that the valve K will be forced into and withdrawn from the aperture in the bottom' of the bucket J by the tilting of the trough F.

In the lower part of the slot in the valve K is placed a spiral spring, M, the elasticity of which holds the valve K in the aperturein the bottom of the bucket, when the said bucket is forced downward by being filled with. water.

N is a spout, the outer end of which is connected with the upper part of the inner end of the trough F, so that when the said trough becomes filled with water the water will overflow through the spout N. The inner end of the spout N is so placed that the water that flows through the said spout N will flow into the bucket J.

With this construction, when the trough F becomes filled with water the weight of the water will tilt the inner end of the trough F downward till its said inner end rests upon the block H, which downward move- .ment of the inner end of the trough F causes the arm L to compress the spring M and force the valve K into the aperture in the bottom of the bucket J, so that the water that overflows through the spout N will fill the said bucket. As the bucket J fills with water the weight thus given to the bucketdraws the trip-cord G downward and throws the windwheel P out of the wind, stoppingthe pump. As the bucket J moves downward the elasticity of the spring M forces the valveKdownward, and thus keeps it in place inthe aperture in the bottom of the bucket J, so that the water cannot escape from the said bucket, and the wind-wheel P is held out of the wind so long as enough water remains in the trough F to hold the inner end of the said trough down upon the block H. When so much water is taken from the trough F-by the drinking of stock or otherwise-that the outer end of the said trough becomes the heavier, the said trough is tilted outward, raising its inner end, which upward movement of the inner end of the said trough causes the arm L to withdraw the valve K from the aperture in the bottom of the bucket J, allowing the water to flow out of the said bucket, so that the bucket will rise, and thus throw the wind-wheel P into the wind and again start the pump A. In this way the pump will be started and stopped automatically, and the trough will be kept filled.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a windmill water-elevator, the combination, with the trip-rod G, of the vibrating trough F and the valved bucket J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the water-elevator is started and stopped automatically, as set forth.

2. In a windmill waterelevator, the combination. with the tilting troughF and the bucket J, having aperture in its bottom, of the arm L, the valve K, and the spout N, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the valve in the bucket is opened and closed by the tilting of the trough, as set forth.

3. In a windmill water-elevator, the combination, with the valve K and the arm L, of the spring M, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the valve is held in place while the bucket is moving downward, as set forth.

JOHN MOOR HASTING.

l/Vitnesses:

M. G. PRYoR, JOHN Ross. 

